Answer:
The shorter I am the bigger I am.
I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by objects but built by minds.
I twist and turn and leave a loop. What am I?
I wear a red robe with staff in hand and a stone in my throat.
Feed me and I live. Give me water and I die. What am I?
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.